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Clinical pharmacy PharmD program Third level Phytochemistry-1 (PG-504)
• It occurs naturally as a component of gums, mucilages, hemicelluloses.
Preparation: By enzymatic oxidation of glucose (see above)
Importance: to detoxify substances as camphor, menthol, phenol, salicylates and
chloral hydrates by conjugation.
Uses: Relief certain arthritic conditions, as it is an important component of
cartilage, nerve sheath, joint capsule tendon, joint fluid and intercellular cement
substances.
3) Esters
Phosphoric acid ester of monosaccharide. e.g: glucose 6 –phosphate (G-6-P)
The – OH groups of monosaccharides form esters with phosphoric acid;
Phosphate esters:
Phosphate esters can be formed at the 6-carbon of
aldohexoses (Glucose – 6 – phosphate);
Importance: found in the sugar-phosphate backbone of DNA and RNA, and as
intermediates in the metabolism of carbohydrates in the body.
4) Desoxy – sugars
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